Author of Beyond the Chilcotin visits Williams Lake - July 3, 2009
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 The Williams Lake Save-On-Foods (730 Oliver Street) presents a special event with Diana Phillips on Friday, July 10 at 2:00pm-6:00pm. Diana will be available to answer questions and sign copies of her new book, Beyond the Chilcotin: on the Home Ranch with Pan Phillips.
Pioneer Pan Phillips became a beloved Canadian folk hero for his adventures ranching in the remote Chilcotin Region, an area that was as tough to live on as the people who settled there. But if a man had to be tough to survive some of the harshest living in creation, what did his daughter have to be? ... click to see news item
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Howard White to Appear at Port Alberni Forest Fest - June 29, 2009
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 Best-selling author and edtior of the Raincoast Chronicles, Howard White will be making an appearance at the Capitol Theatre on Friday, July 3rd at the Port Alberni Forest Festival. He will also be hosting an author book table with Peter Trower from July 3-5.
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Award-Winning Author Tim Bowling to Read in Gibsons and Vancouver - June 24, 2009
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 Award-winning Nightwood author Tim Bowling travels to his native province of BC to read from his eighth collection of poetry, The Book Collector. The Gibsons Live Poets Society hosts a reading with Bowling--the inaugural event in their literary series--on Wednesday, July 8 at 7:00 pm at the Gibsons Public Library. The Robson Reading Series hosts a reading in Vancouver on Thursday, July 9 at 7pm at the UBC Bookstore at Robson Square. At this event, Bowling will read with Michael Kenyon. Both events are made possible with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. For more information, please phone the Gibsons library at 604-886-2130 or the Robson reading series at 604-882-6453.
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Adrian Dorst Launches New Book in Tofino - June 24, 2009
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 Mermaid Tales Bookshop is celebrating the release of Adrian Dorst’s book of photography, Reflections at Sandhill Creek: Meditations on the Wild West Coast, with:
Entertainment and appys at Darwin’s Café, Tofino Botanical Gardens on Friday, July 17 at 8:00pm. Admission to this event will be $8, and books will be for sale.
A talk and slideshow at the Clayoquot Community Theatre on Thursday, July 23 at 8:00pm. Admission to this presentation will be $8, and books will be available for sale. ... click to see news item
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A Historic Book Tour with Marie Elliott - June 15, 2009
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 Author Marie Elliott will embark on a tour with her new book Fort St. James and New Caledonia that will closely follow the trade routes used by Simon Fraser and the early Canadian fur traders. Instead of a trap and gun, Marie will travel with a computer and projector to display her slideshow presentation of rare archival photos found in her book. Marie’s Fort St. James and New Caledonia book tour will visit the following locations:
• Fort St. James National Historic Site: launch and slideshow in the Visitor’s Centre, Sunday, July 5th from noon to 2:00 pm
• Vanderhoof Community Museum: slideshow presentation in the Old Royal Bank, Monday, July 6th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Prince George Library downtown: slideshow presentation, Tuesday, July 7th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (books sold by Books & Company)
• Barkerville Historic Town: signings and slideshow presentation at the following locations on Wednesday, July 8th:
Signing at the Friends of Barkerville from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Signing at Eldorado from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Slideshow presentation in the Visitor’s Centre from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
• Quesnel City Hall: slideshow presentation as part of the Quesnel & District Museum & Archives Heritage Speaker Series, Thursday, July 9th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
• Open Book: signing in Williams Lake, Saturday, July 11th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
• Storytime Books: slideshow presentation in 100 Mile House, Sunday, July 12th from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
This author tour is made possible by support from the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Dr. Barry Gough wins the John Lyman Book Award - June 12, 2009
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 Harbour Publishing would like to congratulate Dr. Barry Gough on receiving the John Lyman Book Award for his book, Fortune’s a River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America, which was named the best book in Canadian naval and maritime history.
The North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) was founded in 1973 to provide a forum for maritime history and remains devoted to the study and promotion of North America's naval and maritime heritage. To encourage quality in the field of maritime history, NASOH presents the John Lyman Book Awards to authors and editors whose books contribute significantly to the understanding of the maritime and naval history of North America. ... click to see news item
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Launching the Laughs in Planet Salt Spring - June 8, 2009
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 Bestselling and best-telling author Arthur Black will launch his new audiobook Planet Salt Spring at ArtSpring on Friday, July 10th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Salt Spring Books will be in attendance selling copies of Planet Salt Spring which guests can get signed by Arthur after his presentation.
In Planet Salt Spring, Arthur takes a light-hearted look at the quirky beings who share his adopted home of Salt Spring Island, including himself. Whether it is the local movie theatre’s resident feline Fritz or the neighbourhood free spirit unjustly ousted from the national Hippie Contest, Arthur’s collection of hilarious tales prove why Salt Spring is a world unto itself.
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Eileen Van der Flier-Keller the 2009 recipient of the GAC Neale Medal - Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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 Eileen Van der Flier-Keller has been named the 2009 recipient of the Geological Association of Canada Neale Medal. This honour is awarded to an individual for their outstanding efforts in sharing earth science with Canadians.
In 2006 Eileen produced the widely acclaimed publication, A Field Guide to the Identification of Pebbles. Featuring over 80 beautiful photographs of pebbles from beaches and rivers, this easy-to-use guide is full-colour, laminated and accordion folded. A great resource for Earth Science curriculum units in schools, the short text deals with how rocks form and how to tell if a rock is igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic; use the photos to identify over 28 different types of rocks and minerals. ... click to see news item
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A Loss for BC's Literary Community - May 14, 2009
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 It is with great sadness that we note the passing of author Kuldip Gill on Sunday, May 10, 2009. Gill authored Valley Sutra, a collection of poetry forthcoming from Caitlin Press in fall 2009.
Kuldip Gill, Ph.D., was born in Faridkot District, Punjab India in 1934. She immigrated to Canada at the age of five and then attended school in the Fraser Valley. Gill worked in the forestry and mining industries for twenty years and then received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in social anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She also received an MFA in Theatre, Film and Creative Writing from UBC and was the recipient of the Norman Rothstein Memorial Scholarship at UBC in recognition of scholarly achievement. The University College of the Fraser Valley bestowed Gill with an honorary doctor of letters (D.Litt) in 2005. Gill taught at UBC, Simon Fraser University, the Open Learning Agency and the University of the Fraser Valley. She served as the president of the Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of BC, and spent time on the boards of the Vancouver YWCA and the Vancouver Chief Constable’s Diversity Advisory Committee.
Gill’s first book, Dharma Rasa (Nightwood Editions, 1999), intertwined English and Punjabi, life in Canada and life in India, past and present, myth and imagination. It won a BC 2000 Book Award and received much acclaim. Gill also wrote short fiction, non-fiction and reviews of poetry and fiction, and served on the editorial board of Prism International and the advisory council of Event. Her poetry has been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies such as In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry and Red Silk: An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women Poets.
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Nightwood Poet Brad Cran Named Vancouver’s Poet Laureate - May 6, 2009
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 Nightwood Editions is pleased to congratulate Brad Cran, the City of Vancouver’s Poet Laureate for 2009-2011.
The City of Vancouver’s Poet Laureate is an honorary two-year position. During that term, the Poet Laureate acts as a champion for poetry, language and the arts, and creates a unique artistic legacy through public readings and civic interactions. The Poet Laureate is also expected to attend a variety of civic functions, participate in public poetry events and carry through one or more special civic projects. The general mandate is to raise the status of poetry in the everyday consciousness of Vancouverites.
Brad Cran’s first book of poetry, The Good Life (Nightwood Editions) was published in 2002. Cran is also an essayist, photographer and a longtime contributing editor at Geist magazine. His book, Hope in the Shadows: Stories and Photographs of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (with Gillian Jerome, Arsenal Pulp Press) was the winner of the 2008 City of Vancouver Book Award. He has also been the publisher of Smoking Lung Press and the former executive director for the Federation of BC Writers. His poetry has appeared in publications across Canada including the Globe and Mail and in the anthologies Breaking the Surface, Breathing Fire 2, Hammer & Tongs and Why I Sing the Blues. ... click to see news item
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Mayor Robertson announces Crazy Canucks as a winning title of One Book, One Vancouver - April 23, 2009
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 On Thursday, April 23 at Vancouver City Hall, Mayor Gregor Robertson Announced the winning One Book, One Vancouver: The Host City Reads titles: Crazy Canucks, by Janet Love Morrison and The Farm Team, by Linda Bailey.
To celebrate Vancouver hosting the 2010 Winter Games and to help spread the Olympic spirit throughout the city leading up to the Games, Vancouver Public Library’s signature One Book, One Vancouver program features two great sports-themed books this year. ... click to see news item
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